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September 3, 2013 02:13 pm GMT

A Trojan Horse Once Again? Stephen Elop, Now EVP Of Devices At Microsoft, Confirmed As An Internal' Candidate For CEO Slot, As He Lays Out Plans In His Own Words

trojan horseMicrosoft's landmark decision to buy Nokia's handset business for $7.2 billion will put Stephen Elop back into business working at the company where he was before he became CEO of Nokia -- he's now the Microsoft's EVP for devices and services. As it turns out, this could end up being just stage one of Elop's ascendancy at Redmond. Steve Ballmer, the outgoing CEO of Microsoft, has confirmed that Elop is definitely a prospect for the top job.In comments made to the Seattle Times, Ballmer notes that "Stephen will go from external [candidate] to internal" as part of the board's wider search.

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